Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-06-18
IN THE OZARK REGION.
Where Deer. Bear, Panther, WhS

Where Deer. Bear, Panther, Wild
 Turkeys. Quail and Rabbits Thrive.
 'T wish that some of you fellows who Ike to talk about the sport you have hunting here fin the cold east could just pack up your trans about now and go back with ne to a country that a chap can live in with pleas- ure and comfort while the gales and snow and frost of this Atlantic climate are getting their work in to the best kind of advan' tace.m said "Chipn Macguire of Spring. field. Mo. the other night "Game is al. ways plenty in southern Missouri, n said he, ssbut this year it seems to have outdone it. self in abundance. l came over the old Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf railroad. and although that was early fin the season for the birds to be making themselves con spicuous. I'll bet that l counted hundred focks of wild turkeys, and there wasn't a flock out of which couldn't have shot one or more of the splendid birds from my win dow in the car The railroad in one placo runs on trestles over swamp fer several miles. and in the extensive ponds and bayOus of that wild stretch of country thousands upon thousands of wild ducks and geese of all varieties were feeding, some of the water being covered for acres with the fowl, until their groups looked like islands m the lakes These fowl seemed to be so used 10 the noise of the trains that did not see one move is position through being startled by the cars in all that distance.
 ..The day before left Springfield I saw O bushwhacker come into town with mule team load of deer carcasses of the finest kind. bought one simply to obtain the magnif- cent head and antlers and all l paid for the
 
 whole business was S}.2j. There were at least 200 pounds of the best venison included in the purchase You could not get that head and these horns here for les than SlO Among the other large game reported plenty and waiting for the hunter l. bear. This gentle creature more particularly affects the jungles and swamps of northern Arkan- sas, and if an unsuSpecting sportsman "a going into these parts he will have Co keep bis eyes skinned to find thoroushiares un- obstructed by bruin- The lynx, and now and then that relic of the days when the country belonged to twO-legged as well as Eour-foOted savages, the Amercian panther, still hold a land tenure in that garden spot of the southwest, and am to-d- greet visitors after the manner of their kind. l never daily with game of this kind, but l know men who do, and what they say may be depended on.
 II went out for rabbit hunt few days before l left home, and l got tired of trip ping over them. That is no eIaggeTatlon- for l give you my word that they jumped out from every bunch of brush and leaves that lay in your path. Alter bagging s1 I could carry went to shooting quail for triend,who was with me to bring back homs. These birds actually paid no attention 10 the gun at all but the hOcks l shot iato kept right on feeding us if nothing had hap pened. and rather objected to my picking up tho ones had shot. We speak of gray and black squirrels out there as you might refer to sparrows here, for they take possession of towns and villages in about the same way. The beauty of 1t all is that the later the season grows the better the weather gets, and any of you fellows can come out there New Years and strike it right, and spend the remainder of the winter in clover. You won't be apt to see much snow. The Ozark region is the greatest country I know of, and the water out there is immense. If you want to have a good hunt come out and sec me, and leave all your medicine al home n-New York Sun.